French President visits Ireland

- Remi Daniel 21 July 2016

In a one-day visit to Ireland, President François Hollande of the French Republic arrives at the Government Buildings in Dublin just as it begins to rain, which is quite funny because Ireland has just had a couple of days of scorching sun. Evidently, Taoiseach Enda Kenny finds this sudden drizzle quite amusing as he looks up at the sky and then turns around to say something to the officer behind him, must have been about the weather as both men exchange smiles, before the Taoiseach returns to receive the French President into the Government Buildings.

Later, President Hollande arrives at Áras an Uachtaráin to meet with President Higgins and his wife Sabina. With him are Harlem Desir, Minister of State for European Affairs; Jean-Pierre Thêbault, the Ambassador of France to Ireland and Geraldine Byrne-Nason, the Ambassador of Ireland to France, among others.

President Hollande returns to Paris today to receive the new British Prime Minister Theresa May.